bottom
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈbɒt.əm]
- 美式音标 [ˈbɑː.t̬əm]
- 国际音标 ['bɔtəm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 底部;末端;臀部;尽头
- adj. 底部的
- vt. 装底;测量深浅;查明真相
- vi. 到达底部;建立基础
- n. (Bottom)人名;(英)博顿
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的botm,意为地面,油。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- bottomless:无底的;深不可测的;难解的;取之不尽的。
- bottomed:底的;(处于)底层的。
- v性质的同根词
- bottomed:给(鞋子)装底;查明…的原因;使到达底部(bottom的过去分词)。
用法辨析
- bottom的基本意思是“底部”“基部”“下端”“末尾”,多指物体的最下的部分,只用作单数可数名词; 引申可指“(东西的)底”,“尽头”“末端”“根源”“起因”“最无关紧要的部分”等。
- bottom作“臀部”“屁股”解时,常用于口语或非正式文体中,是可数名词。
- 表示“在底部”通常用介词at;指小容器的“底部”时也可用in;当底部是一个宽广的平面时则可用on。
- bottom用作形容词时意思是“底部的”“基部的”“下端的”“末尾的”,引申可指“根本的”。
- bottom在句中多用作定语。
- bottom用作动词时意思是“给…装上底”,引申可指“降到最低”“对…寻根问底”“为…提供根据”等。
- bottom既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,多与副词out连用。
n. (名词)
adj. (形容词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- The bottom of the nest is laid with feathers and hair.
巢的底部是用羽毛和头发铺成的。 - What's your bottom price?
你能接受的最低底价是多少? - He wanted to bottom a saucepan.
他想给长柄平底锅装底。
用作名词 (n.)
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- clean the bottom 清扫底部
- go to the bottom 沉没
- reach the bottom 到达底部
- see the bottom 看到底
- send to the bottom 打沉,弄沉
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
英英字典
- (LOWEST PLACE) the lowest part of something
- (FARTHEST PART) the farthest part of something
- (BODY PART) the part of your body that you sit on
- Thebottomof something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- The bottom thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the lowest one.
- Thebottomof an object is the flat surface at its lowest point. You can also refer to the inside or outside of this surface as the bottom.
- If you say that the bottom has dropped or fallen out of a market or industry, you mean that people have stopped buying the products it sells.
- The bottomof an organization or career structure is the lowest level in it, where new employees often start.
- If someone is bottom or at the bottom in a survey, test, or league, their performance is worse than that of all the other people involved.
- The lower part of a swimsuit, tracksuit, or pair of pyjamas can be referred to as the bottoms or the bottom.
- The bottomof a street or garden is the end farthest away from you or from your house.
- The bottomof a table is the end farthest away from where you are sitting. The bottom of a bed is the end where you usually rest your feet.
- Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on.
- &rarrsee also rock bottom
- You use at bottom to emphasize that you are stating what you think is the real nature of something or the real truth about a situation.
- If something is at the bottom of a problem or an unpleasant situation, it is the real cause of it.
- If you want to get to the bottom of a problem, you want to solve it by finding out its real cause.
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专业释义
- 底部
- 底端
- 底部
- 衫脚